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Lawmakers bemoan backlog of capital projects but move bill forward

Feb. 13—A $5 billion traffic jam of unfinished capital projects around the state — some of them now as many as eight years in waiting — riled lawmakers in a powerful legislative committee Tuesday morning, but members voted to advance the renewal of funding for the projects. Members of the Senate Finance Committee voted in […]

Singaporeans bemoan U.S. Senator’s ‘ignorant’ grilling of TikTok CEO

SINGAPORE (AP) — After a U.S. senator grilled the Singaporean CEO of TikTok about his nationality and suggested he was affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, Singaporeans are complaining about ignorant — or even racist — views of their country. TikTok CEO Shou Chew and executives of other technology firms such as Meta, X and […]